meza

See also: Appendix:Variations of "meza"

Basque

Etymology

From some reflex of Latin missa (“mass”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mes̻a/ [me.s̻a]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /mes̻a/ [me.s̻a]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /mes̺a/ [me.s̺a]

 

• Rhymes: -es̻a, -a

• (most dialects) Rhymes: -es̻a, -a
• (Biscayan) Rhymes: -es̺a, -a

• Hyphenation: me‧za

Noun

meza inan

1. (religion) mass

Declension

Declension of meza (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	meza	meza	mezak	mezok
ergative	mezak	mezak	mezek	mezok
dative	mezari	mezari	mezei	mezoi
genitive	mezaren	mezaren	mezen	mezon
comitative	mezarekin	mezarekin	mezekin	mezokin
causative	mezarengatik	mezarengatik	mezengatik	mezongatik
benefactive	mezarentzat	mezarentzat	mezentzat	mezontzat
instrumental	mezaz	mezaz	mezez	mezotaz
inessive	mezatan	mezan	mezetan	mezotan
locative	mezatako	mezako	mezetako	mezotako
allative	mezatara	mezara	mezetara	mezotara
terminative	mezataraino	mezaraino	mezetaraino	mezotaraino
directive	mezatarantz	mezarantz	mezetarantz	mezotarantz
destinative	mezatarako	mezarako	mezetarako	mezotarako
ablative	mezatatik	mezatik	mezetatik	mezotatik
partitive	mezarik	—	—	—
prolative	mezatzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “meza”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “meza”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *me

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe

Proto-Indo-European *médʰi

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos

Proto-Italic *meðios

Latin medius

Italian mezzoder.

Esperanto mezo

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Italian -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto meza

From mezo + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeza/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -eza
• Syllabification: me‧za

Adjective

meza (accusative singular mezan, plural mezaj, accusative plural mezajn)

1. middle, central
2. medium

Derived terms

• mezepoko

Further reading

• “meza”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “meza”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto meza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.za/

Adjective

meza

1. middle, intermediate, central

Derived terms

• meze
• mezepoko

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

Derived from Portuguese mesa.

Noun

meza

1. table

Kongo

Etymology

Derived from Portuguese mesa.

Noun

meza

1. table

Ladino

Alternative forms

• mesa

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin mēsa, from Latin mēnsa.

Noun

meza f (Hebrew spelling מיזה)

1. (countable) table (furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses) [16th c.]

   Hyponym: mezika

   • 1996, Sara Benveniste Benrey, edited by Yossi Benbenisty, Espertando el djudeo espanyol: poemas realidas i philosophia, kantes, sketches, piesas de teatro‎^[2], Yossi Benbenisty, page 280:

     El etaj de abasho tiene una guertizika delantre, kon siyas i meza i Rivka vistida de un fostan ancho a la Espanyola kon una roza en la sien, asentada, trikotando i asperando a su marido ke es vendedor de limones en el shuk (bazar).

     The floor below has a small garden inside, with chairs and [a] table, and Rivka wore a wide dress like the Spaniard with a rose on her temple, sitting, crocheting and waiting for her husband, who is a lemon vendor at the market.

   • 2003, Sefárdica‎^[3], numbers 14–16, Centro de Investigación y Difusión de la Cultura Sefaradí, page 70:

     La primera koza dunke ke se nota en la kuzina djudeo‐espanyola es la manera turka de azer kada día el arroz, ke se kome en grandes kantidades i no manka ni un día en la meza del djudío proveniente del Impero Otomano.

     The first thing noted in the Judaeo‐Spanish kitchen is the Turkish style of making rice daily, which is eaten in great quantities and is never absent for one day from the table of the Jew originating from the Ottoman Empire.

Maore Comorian

Etymology

From Omani Arabic ميز (mēz, “table”), from Persian میز (mêz), although widely claimed to be from Portuguese mesa.

Noun

meza class 9 (plural meza class 10)

1. table (item of furniture)

References

• “meza” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Sango

Noun

meza

1. table

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /měza/
• Hyphenation: me‧za

Noun

mèza f (Cyrillic spelling мѐза)

1. alternative form of mèze

Declension

Declension of meza

	singular	plural
nominative	meza	meze
genitive	meze	meza
dative	mezi	mezama
accusative	mezu	meze
vocative	mezo	meze
locative	mezi	mezama
instrumental	mezom	mezama

References

• “meza”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Spanish

Verb

meza

1. inflection of mecer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Swahili

meza

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.zɑ/

• Audio (Kenya):

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Omani Arabic ميز (mēz, “table”), from Persian میز (mêz), although widely claimed to be from Portuguese mesa.

Noun

meza class IX (plural meza class X)

1. table (item of furniture)

Descendants

• → Kamba: mesa
• → Kikuyu: metha
• → Lingala: mésá
• → Luganda: emmeeza
• → Luhya: emesa
• → Luo: mesa
• → Rwanda-Rundi: ameza
• → Tooro: emeeza

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Verb

-meza (infinitive kumeza)

1. to swallow (to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach)
2. to engulf

Conjugation

Conjugation of -meza
Positive present -nameza Subjunctive -meze Negative -mezi Imperative singular meza
Infinitives
Positive kumeza Negative kutomeza
Imperatives
Singular meza Plural mezeni
Tensed forms
Habitual humeza Positive past positive subject concord + -limeza Negative past negative subject concord + -kumeza
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nameza) Singular Plural 1st person ninameza/nameza tunameza 2nd person unameza mnameza 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anameza wanameza other classes positive subject concord + -nameza
Negative present (negative subject concord + -mezi) Singular Plural 1st person simezi hatumezi 2nd person humezi hammezi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hamezi hawamezi other classes negative subject concord + -mezi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tameza Negative future negative subject concord + -tameza
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -meze) Singular Plural 1st person nimeze tumeze 2nd person umeze mmeze 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ameze wameze other classes positive subject concord + -meze
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -simeze Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngemeza Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singemeza Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalimeza Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalimeza
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ameza) Singular Plural 1st person nameza twameza 2nd person wameza mwameza 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ameza wameza m-mi(III/IV) wameza yameza ji-ma(V/VI) lameza yameza ki-vi(VII/VIII) chameza vyameza n(IX/X) yameza zameza u(XI) wameza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwameza pa(XVI) pameza mu(XVIII) mwameza
Perfect positive subject concord + -memeza "Already" positive subject concord + -meshameza "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jameza "If/When" positive subject concord + -kimeza "If not" positive subject concord + -sipomeza Consecutive kameza / positive subject concord + -kameza Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kameze
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nimeza -tumeza 2nd person -kumeza -wameza/-kumezeni/-wamezeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mmeza -wameza m-mi(III/IV) -umeza -imeza ji-ma(V/VI) -limeza -yameza ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kimeza -vimeza n(IX/X) -imeza -zimeza u(XI) -umeza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kumeza pa(XVI) -pameza mu(XVIII) -mumeza Reflexive -jimeza
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -meza- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -mezaye -mezao m-mi(III/IV) -mezao -mezayo ji-ma(V/VI) -mezalo -mezayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -mezacho -mezavyo n(IX/X) -mezayo -mezazo u(XI) -mezao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -mezako pa(XVI) -mezapo mu(XVIII) -mezamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -meza) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yemeza -omeza m-mi(III/IV) -omeza -yomeza ji-ma(V/VI) -lomeza -yomeza ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chomeza -vyomeza n(IX/X) -yomeza -zomeza u(XI) -omeza see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -komeza pa(XVI) -pomeza mu(XVIII) -momeza
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -mezea

• Nominal derivations:
  • umezaji (“swallowing”)

Tetum

Etymology

From Portuguese mesa (“table”).

Noun

meza

1. table